Action Alert: No Prayer at World World II Memorial

Congressman Bill Johnson (R-OH) is the lead sponsor of HR 2070, the World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2011. During a congressional hearing last month the Obama administration announced its objection to this bill which ” . . . direct(s) the Secretary of the Interior to install in the area of the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the Nation on June 6, 1944, the morning of D-Day.” So . . . the President opposes this!

Robert Abbey, the director of the Bureau of Land Management, said any plaque or inscription of the prayer would “dilute” the memorial’s central message and therefore “should not be altered.”

Congressman Johnson told Fox News that the administration’s objection should “give all Americans a great deal of concern.” The AFA of PA totally agrees!

What better day to send a message to the White House than today – the day we set aside to reflect on the unprovoked Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor – as FDR called it a day which will live in infamy.

There are 56 co-sponsors included Pennsylvania Congressmen Lou Barletta, Mike Kelly, Patrick Meehan, Joe Pitts, and Todd Russell Platts, Where are the others?

Action Steps

1.) Contact the White House via email by using this form or call the comment line at 202-456-1111.

2.) If your Congressman is listed as a co-sponsor, please express your thanks to him for his support. If your Congressman is not a co-sponsor, please contact him or her and ask for the support of HR 2070. Click here for contact information.